Bump-board for wagon-boxes.



L. L. HAWOBTH.

Patented Aug. l2. I902.

BUMP BOARD FOR WAGON BOXES.

(No Modei.)

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PATENT FFICE.

OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

BUMP-BOARD FOR WAGON BOXES.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 706,822, dated August 12, I902.

Application filed June 10, 1902. Serial No. 111,050. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LLYsANDER L. HAyvoRTH, of the city of Decatur, county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented a certain Improved Bump-Board for Wagon-Boxes into which Corn is Thrown as it is Husked; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

The object of this invention is to provide a light and flexible bump-board which may be readily attached to a wagon-box, which may be folded or rolled into a small compact compass when not in use, and which may be made to extend along a side and an end of the wagon-box.

The invention is embodied in a set of vertical wooden slats hinged together at their sides to form a continuous flexible strip and clamps on the lower ends of the end slats to secure the strip on the upper edge of a side and an end of the wagon-box. Intermediate slats may also be provided with clamps to make the connection with the wagon -box more secure, and as a matter of preference the slats are secured together by wires running lengthwise of the strip and crosswise of the slats thereof. The wires are interwoven with the slats, and the flexibility of the metal of the wires enables the strip to be rolled up or folded when not in use.

The invention is used to arrest ears of corn that might otherwise pass over the wagonbox in the haste of gathering corn. Cornhuskers are compelled to keep their eyes on the corn-rows in order to make progress. The location of the wagon is followed in a general way only, and the ears are thrown toward the wagon without definite and careful aim. As a result there is always danger of ears passing over the wagon-box at the front end of the box and at the side of the box opposite the husker. Barriers raised above the box to stop misdirected ears are called bumpboards, and that is the name I have given my invention, although it is not a board in the strict sense of the'term;

In the drawings forming part of this spectfication, Figure l is a side elevation of a fragment of a side of a wagon, showing apartof one of my bump-boards secured thereto. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation of one of the slats of which my bump-board is composed, showing the means employed for securing the board to the wagon-box.

A fragment of a side of a wagon-box is shown at 1. At 2 are shownthe slats of which the board is composed. The wires by means of which the slats are flexibly conjoined are shown at 4, and at 3 are shown staples that are used to secure the wires to the slats. At 5 is shown a clamp composed of a pair of bars secured on opposite sides of some of the slats. Bolts 6 extend through the slats and through the clamp-bars. The ends of the clamp-bars extend downward beyond the lower ends of the slats, and wingnuts 7 provide means for clamping the bars to the slats and to the wagon box. When the board is secured to the wagon-box, the lower ends of the slats rest on the upper edge of the box and prevent sagging of the board. The slat may be pivotally conjoined or hinged together in various ways; but I prefer to use the wires herein shown and described and to interweave them with the slats. The staples 3 prevent the wires from becoming detached from the slats in case of breakage of a single wire, and in case of such breakage the broken end may be bent around a staple to prevent the wire from slipping through the staple.

The bum p-board is light, strong, and easily attached. It may run along one side of the box and turn across an end, and its flexibility enables it to act as a yielding buffer for the ears that strike it. The board may be rolled orfolded for shipment or for storage.

I claim 1. A bump-board for wagon-boxes compris ing a set of parallel slats flexibly secured together, and clamps on the ends of some of the slats whereby the board is secured to the wagon-box.

2. A bump-board for wagon-boxes GOUJPI'ISe ing a set of parallel slats flexibly secured together and clamps onthe ends of some of the slats adapted to hold the board with the ends of the slats resting on the edges of the wagonbox.

3. A bu mp board for wagon-boxes, comprising a set of parallel slats secured together by wires running lengthwise of the board and crosswise of the slats, and clamps for securing the board to the wagon-box.

4. A bump-board for wagon boxos compris ing a set of parallel slats secured together by Wires running lengthwise of the board and interwoven with the slats, and clamps for securing the board to the Wagon-box.

5 5. A bump-board for wagon-boxes comprising a set of parallel slats secured together by wires interwoven with the slats crosswise thereof, staples securing the wires to the slats and clamps securing the slats to the wagon- [0 box.

6. Abumpsboard, or wall, for wagon-boxes,

as described. 15

In testimony whereof I sign my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LYSANDER L. HAWORTH.

Witnesses:

CLARENCE A. PATTISON, Mrs. THEO. B. PATTISON. 

